T-Mobile fastest 4G LTE network, but goodbye BlackBerry

Sprint is the worst -- no wonder Sprint is trying to take over T-Mobile --

T-Mobile ranked fastest 4G LTE network in the US, Sprint the worst: "If you’re lucky to live in an area where T-Mobile has a good 4G LTE coverage, then you’re using the fastest 4G LTE network in the U.S. According to a report conducted in February, T-Mobile has the fastest 4G LTE network in the US, study from OpenSignal concluded...."

BlackBerry Ending US Licensing Deal With T-Mobile - ABC News: "BlackBerry's existing licensing agreement with T-Mobile U.S. Inc. expires on April 25."

Amazon announces $99 Fire TV set-top box, available now | The Verge: "Apple and Roku have a new competitor in the living room. Amazon just announced its own video streaming device: the $99 Amazon Fire TV. It starts shipping today. "We need to invent and simplify on behalf of customers," said Amazon's Peter Larsen. During the presentation, Larsen went over three pain points of current devices: search, performance, and "closed ecosystem." Fire TV promises to avoid the problems that plague other living room hardware, according to Larsen."

Microsoft announces Cortana smartphone voice search
USA TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft on Wednesday announced new features for ... a widely anticipated Siri- and Google Now-like voice assistant called Cortana. ... e-mail and the like, similar to what you find on Android and Apple devices. Microsoft also announced new features for the Start Screen and a ...

Apple and Samsung Reprise Patent Fight (With Google a Shadow Presence)
New York Times
SAN JOSE, Calif. — As lawyers for Apple and Samsung made their opening statements in their patent trial in a federal courthouse here, they could not ...

Microsoft demos touch-focused Office apps at Build
PCWorld (blog)
Less than a week after introducing Office for iPad, Microsoft showed off the progress of touch-friendly Metro Office apps at its Build conference keynote ...

Microsoft Battles Google, Amazon In Cloud Price War
InformationWeek
Microsoft executives have previously said they planned to match AWS pricing, but that was before both Google and Amazon enacted steep drops in ...

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Now Among Billionaire CEOs Earning $1 Salary
Forbes
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is now the company's ... Zuckerberg — worth $27.8 billion mostly in Facebook stock — requested an annual ... Google's Google's Sergey Brin and Larry Page, worth roughly $30 billion a ...

Google's 'evil' stock split
Fortune
It's been almost 10 years since Google famously told the world in its filing for an initial public offering that ... Google now is worth more than Microsoft.

Apple patches Safari's Pwn2Own vulnerability, two-dozen other critical bugs
Computerworld
Apple on Tuesday patched the security vulnerability in Safari that was ... Of the others, more than half were reported by the Google Chrome security team, ... 

HP agrees to pay $57 million to settle shareholder lawsuit | Reuters: "...The lawsuit was filed after former Chief Executive Leo Apotheker shocked investors on August 18, 2011 by announcing plans to refocus the company on business services and products. He also revealed plans to scrap WebOS, whose rights HP had obtained when it bought Palm Inc in 2010; pay $11.1 billion for British software company Autonomy Plc; and possibly spin off HP's personal computer business. The company also halted sales of the TouchPad, after just seven weeks on the market....The case is Gammel et al v. Hewlett-Packard Co et al, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, No. 11-01404."

How Gmail Happened: The Inside Story of Its Launch 10 Years Ago Today | TIME.com: " . . . One remarkable thing about Gmail that wasn’t obvious in 2004: Its creators built it to last. The current incarnations of Outlook.com and Yahoo Mail have nothing to do with the email services Microsoft and Yahoo offered 10 years ago. But Gmail–despite having added features more or less continuously and gone through some significant redesigns–is still Gmail. “I can’t think of another app that has existed so close to its original form for 10 years,” says Fox. “Someone who had only used Gmail in its first iteration and suddenly used it today would still understand Gmail. They’d know how to use it for virtually everything they’d want to do.”..."

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Dish bids $25.5B for Sprint

Dish has the spectrum to make its offer a real win-win for Sprint and Sprint customers, notwithstanding the deep pockets of the other bidder SoftBank--

Wireless spectrum is the key to Dish's $25.5 B bid for Sprint
CNET
Dish and Sprint have complimentary spectrum holdings that would make a marriage of the two companies a match made in heaven. But there are obstacles to getting the deal done. Marguerite Reardon. by Marguerite Reardon....

Europeans Reach Deal With Google on Searches
New York Times
The investigation came about because of competitors like Microsoft and Foundem, a British comparison-shopping site, which complained about the way Google conducted its search and advertising businesses. In Europe, the agreement would be legally ...

Microsoft Working With Suppliers on Designs for Touch-Enabled Watch Device
Wall Street Journal
By LORRAINE LUK And SHIRA OVIDE. TAIPEI—Microsoft Corp. is working on designs for a touch-enabled watch device, executives at suppliers said, potentially joining rivals like Apple Inc. in working on a new class of computing products. Enlarge Image ...

Wall Street Journal

Drones should be banned from private use, says Google's Eric Schmidt
The Guardian
The use of cheap, miniature "everyman" drones needs to be banned by international treaties before such devices fall into the hands of private users including terrorists, the head of Google has said. In an extended interview with the Guardian, Eric ...

The Guardian

Boot up: Apple iWatch hints, mobile in China, PC slowdown explained and more
The Guardian (blog)
Noting that he was not at liberty to give away specific details on future Apple gizmos, [Apple board member Bill] Campbell did tell the audience to expect to see "a lot of things going on with the application of technology to really intimate things ...

The Guardian (blog)

Apple dominates best-paid list
Washington Post
The urgency has increased in recent months as Samsung Electronics Co. and Google Inc. challenge Apple. “It's a retention strategy to keep the key executives who were present in the Steve Jobs era,” said Greg Sterling, an analyst at San Francisco-based...

Washington Post

Microsoft, Intel Brave a Mobile World
Wall Street Journal
These days, another vibrant technology ecosystem has emerged around mobile devices and their software—particularly apps being developed around Google Inc.'s Android operating system, which runs on chip designs using technology from ARM Holdings PLC ...

Wall Street Journal

After Apple's App Store rejection, French minister wades into debate over apps ...
ZDNet
Summary: After Apple expelled French app AppGratis from its store, French minister Fleur Pellerin has expressed concern about the move - and its implications for net neutrality. Valéry Marchive. By Valéry Marchive for Vive la tech | April 15, 2013 ...

Revamped Google Play Store may bring operator billing for Indian telcos
NDTV
Google has updated the payment options to include an option for setting up operator billing for Indian operators in addition to the existing Debit and Credit card payment options. While the option doesn't work at the time of filing this report, the ...

NDTV

As PC sales tank, what's Microsoft's Plan B?
CNET (blog)
When market analyst IDC last week noted the sharp 13.9 percent quarterly drop in worldwide PC sales, it placed much of the blame on the "radical" user interface changes of Microsoft's new Windows 8 operating system. "Microsoft will have to make some ...

Google, CBA release conflicting research - Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald
The results of Google's research contradict research conducted by the Commonwealth Bank. Its research shows 81 per cent of small businesses rate their knowledge of digital technologies as good or better. In contrast to Google's research, CBA's research ...

Sydney Morning Herald

Microsoft Reportedly Preparing To Jump On The Smartwatch ...
By Chris Velazco
Apple, Google, LG, and Samsung are all reportedly working on wrist-worn computing devices behind closed doors, and it seems like that little club of big compa..
TechCrunch

WSJ: Microsoft gathering parts for a watch-like device
By Jon Fingas
Hot on the heels of plans (official and otherwise) from Apple and Samsung, the Wall Street Journal reports that Microsoft has also been shopping around for parts to build a "watch-style device." While details are scarce as to what that would ...
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Microsoft Looking to Join the Smart Watch Race - Mac Rumors
By Eric Slivka
With rumors of an Apple smart watch ramping up over the past few months, a number of other companies have also reportedly been working on their own... ... Last month, both Samsung and Google were reported to be working on their own projects, and now The Wall Street Journal indicates that Microsoft is also exploring the possibility of a smart watch. Earlier this year, Microsoft asked suppliers in Asia to ship components for a potential watch-style device, the executives said.
MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors...

Microsoft Working With Suppliers on Designs for Touch-Enabled ...
By Lorraine Luk And Shira Ovide
Microsoft Corp. is working on designs for a touch-enabled watch device, executives at suppliers said, potentially joining rivals like Apple Inc. in working on a new class of computing products.
AllThingsD

Microsoft To Cut Windows XP - Business Insider
By The Economist
If they are predominantly consumers (rather than producers) of internet content, they can dump Windows altogether and rely on tablets with operating systems from Apple (iOS) or Google (Android). Alternatively, they can pay the Apple ...
SAI

Kobo unveils Aura 'high definition' ebook reader
BBC News
Ebook seller Kobo has released what it is describing as a "high definition" e-ink based device. The Aura HD's 6.8in (17.2cm) screen offers a resolution of 265 pixels per inch (ppi). That puts it ahead of Amazon's bestselling Kindle Paperwhite which offers ...

BBC News

Telenav Scout app getting 3D landmarks, traffic improvements
CNET
Telenav gives us an early peek at future updates to its mobile navigation app for Android and iPhone. Antuan Goodwin. by Antuan Goodwin. April 15, 2013 10:30 AM PDT Follow @antgoo. Telenav Scout for Phones. The updated version of Scout will ...

Foxconn Steps Up Hiring As Apple Readies Next iPhone
Wall Street Journal
TAIPEI—Foxconn Technology Group has resumed hiring assembly-line workers in China after a postholiday freeze, in the latest sign that customer Apple Inc. is gearing up for production of a new iPhone. Foxconn is the trade name for Taiwan-based Hon Hai ...

Wall Street Journal

Microsoft Working With Suppliers on Designs for Touch-Enabled Watch Device
Wall Street Journal
TAIPEI—Microsoft Corp. is working on designs for a touch-enabled watch device, executives at suppliers said, potentially joining rivals like Apple Inc. in working on a new class of computing products. Enlarge Image. image. Close. image. European ...

Wall Street Journal

Cutting CO2 too difficult? Try these 4 simple tricks instead
Register
Climate researchers - including one working for Wendy Schmidt, the campaigning wife of Google overlord Eric - have published research suggesting that there are other things apart from cutting CO2 emissions which would help to avoid disastrous rises in sea ...

Google boss: Entire world will be online by 2020
CNN
(CNN) -- Everybody in the world will be on the Internet within seven years. That's what Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said this weekend in public comments that inspired everything from excitement to incredulity. "For every person online, there are ...

Awesome Mars-Comet Impact Less Likely
Discovery News
For those of you rooting for the wellbeing of Mars, here's some good news: the probability of a massive comet impact next year has decreased. For those of you who wanted to see some planetary carnage, however, this news will likely be a major bummer.

Moore's Law and the Origin of Life | MIT Technology Review
As life has evolved, its complexity has increased exponentially, just like Moore's law. Now geneticists have extrapolated this trend backwards and found that by this measure, life is older than the Earth itself.
Technology Review blog

UK top 20 video games chart | Technology | guardian.co.uk
Bioshock Infinite holds on to the top spot for a third week, while Fifa 13 rises in a quiet week for new releases.
Technology: Games blog | guardian.co.uk

Hockey Goons Muscle Up with Fight Night Technology in NHL 14
By Owen Good
A fighting system backed by technology from Fight Night, plus off-the-ice role playing encounters in the Be a Pro career mode, are among the new features coming to NHL 14, EA Sports said today in offering the first look at the game.
Kotaku

50 Education Technology Tools You Can Start Using Today ...
By Jeff Dunn
Finding the best education technology tools is a time-consuming task. It may even be viewed as a chore (for some). Not with this fabulous list, though!
Edudemic

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Apple's new iPad: Retina display, 5-megapixel camera, 4G LTE, A5X chip, and voice dictation

Apple's new iPad: Retina display, 5-megapixel camera, 4G LTE [Updated]
Los Angeles Times
By Nathan Olivarez-Giles This story was updated at 11:45 am with information on the new iPad's A5X chip, voice dictation and pricing. Apple's new iPad has been unveiled and it's called -- the iPad. Not iPad 3 and not iPad HD, contrary to rampant ...

Los Angeles Times

Biggest solar storm in years nears Earth, may disrupt power
USA TODAY
By Seth Borenstein, AP WASHINGTON – The largest solar flare in five years is racing toward Earth, threatening to unleash a torrent of charged particles that could disrupt power grids, GPS and airplane flights. AP An ultraviolet wavelength image ...

USA TODAY

Bizarre hybrid deep-sea creatures discovered
Fox News
Deep sea symbiosis: A hermit crab uses an anemone as a shell.Greg Rouse Scientists have discovered a strange and rare hybrid site in the deep sea where two extreme seafloor environments exist side by side, and are home to a parade of weird hybrid ...

Antimatter atom is measured for the first time
msnbc.com
Scientists have taken the first-ever measurement of an atom made of antimatter. This measurement, though not very precise, represents a first step toward being able to study antimatter atoms in detail — a goal necessary for understanding why the ...

msnbc.com

Security site hacked in LulzSec revenge move
msnbc.com
Angry members of LulzSec, part of hacktivist group Anonymous, hacked into a software security site that they believed led to the arrests Tuesday of six suspected leaders of Anonymous. The hackers posted what they said were the usernames and passwords ...

msnbc.com

Gorillas More Related to People Than Thought, Genome Says
National Geographic
Staring face to face with a gorilla, it's hard not to find them eerily similar to humans—and now the first published gorilla genome supports that, according to a new study. In 2008 geneticists took DNA from Kamilah, a then 30-year-old female western ...

National Geographic

Siri Speaks Japanese in iOS 5.1 Update
PCWorld
Apple's iPhone 4S's artificially intelligent assistant now speaks six languages, with the addition of Japanese in the refreshed iOS. By Philip Michaels, Macworld Japanese-speaking iPhone 4S owners will now get a chance to chat with Siri.

Venus BELCHES solar wind in shock weather explosion
Register
By Brid-Aine Parnell • Get more from this author ESA's Venus Express spacecraft has spotted the planet blowing back million-mile-per-hour solar winds in weather explosions similar to what happens outside Earth's magnetic shield.

iPhoto coming to iOS for $4.99, completes mobile iWork and iLife
Ars Technica
By Casey Johnston | Published March 7, 2012 2:08 PM Apple's head engineer for photo and video application, Randy Ubilios, demos the new iOS version of iPhoto. Apple announced updates to a handful of apps for iOS alongside its new iPad at a special ...

Ars Technica

Google Play May Add Audiobooks
PCWorld
By John P. Mello Jr., PCWorld Mar 7, 2012 11:35 AM Google Play, launched by the search giant Tuesday, may be adding audiobooks to its inventory of music, movies, apps and ebooks. Signs of audiobook expansion were first spotted by Google watchers at the ...

New Apple TV delivers 1080p, updated interface
CNET
by Matthew Moskovciak March 7, 2012 10:11 AM PST Follow @cnetmoskovciak Apple's streaming video box gets a bump up to 1080p and a few other minor improvements. The new Apple TV will feature a redesigned user interface. As expected, a new Apple TV ...

It's Official: SimCity Returns to the PC in 2013
Tom's Hardware Guide
Electronic Arts and Maxis Emeryville announced on Wednesday that the SimCity franchise is making a return to the PC in 2013. They call it a "true rebirth" of the franchise (AKA reboot) that will break new ground next year by implementing a "robust" ...

Higgs boson coming into focus, say scientists (+video)
Christian Science Monitor
Higgs boson: The hunt for the Higgs boson, the so-called God Particle, continues. But in a study released today, scientists say they're getting closer to proving the existence of Higgs boson, but the image is 'fuzzy.' By Andrew Stern, Reuters / March 7 ...

Christian Science Monitor

Video: Lego space shuttle almost makes it to space
TG Daily
I've always been a big fan of Lego models, especially when uber-geeks take the little bricks and create advanced designs or structures. Of course, this has to rank right up there with some of my favorite Lego stories. Yes, the very talented Raul Oaida ...

Is Netflix Running to Cable's Warm Embrace?
TechNewsWorld
By Ed Sutherland Netflix's streaming services may start piggybacking on cable TV offerings if the company lands the deals it's reportedly trying to clinch. Such agreements could give Netflix a revenue boost, and from cable operators' point of view, ...

Samsung Files Patent Lawsuit Against Apple in South Korea
PCWorld
By Agam Shah, IDG News Samsung Electronics this week filed a lawsuit against Apple, alleging infringement of three patents used in the iPhone 4S and iPad 2. The lawsuit was filed in Seoul Central District Court. Samsung previously filed a separate ...

Apple Awarded iWallet Patent
PC Magazine
By Chloe Albanesius Apple has been awarded an "iWallet" patent that, among other things, would link mobile payments to your iTunes account. As reported by Patently Apple, the iWallet patent would allow credit card companies to send customers their ...

AMD's SeaMicro Deal Will Strengthen Server Market Presence
Forbes
AMD recently stated that it will acquire SeaMicro for $334 million. SeaMicro builds micro servers that essentially pack together several chips to save space and energy. [1] AMD's attempt comes as a result of the company's consistently poor performance ...

Eye tracking evolution: A look at Tobii's slim new IS-2, glasses-free 3D...
Digitaltrends.com
Today, Tobii announced a newer, smaller, better eye tracking device that can be used in consumer devices as well as a partnership that could greatly enhance glasses-free 3D. We spoke with the company about its plans and where eye control is headed next ...

Digitaltrends.com

Facebook hit by technical problem
BBC News
Facebook was unavailable for a number of users mostly across Europe on Wednesday due to "technical difficulties". Users reported problems accessing Facebook.com in many countries, including the UK, for about two hours. The social network's smartphone ...

BBC News

Spider silk conducts heat, unalike organic material: Study
The State Column
Spider silk conducts heat, unlike most organic materials, according to a press release from Iowa State University Friday. Xinwei Wang, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Iowa State University, made the discovery after his curiosity ...

Researchers capture first-ever images of atoms moving in a molecule
R & D Magazine
Using a new ultrafast camera, researchers have recorded the first real-time image of two atoms vibrating in a molecule. Key to the experiment, which appears in Nature, is the researchers' use of the energy of a molecule's own electron as a kind of ...

Battlefield 3 to Get Three New Expansions this Year
RipTen
Are you getting bored with Battlefield 3′s maps? Why not try the game's Back to Karkand expansion? Already did? Well, if your trigger-finger is itching for new maps and weapons to blow crap up with, then do we have good news for you!

Dinosaur guts reveal velociraptor's last meal
CBS News
A lightweight Velociraptor dinosaur may have chowed down on the carcass of a much larger flying reptile not long before meeting his own demise some 75 million years ago. The evidence comes from a pterosaur bone discovered in the gut of the skeletal ...

Researchers link moon to Titanic disaster
ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)
April 14 will mark 100 years since the Titanic sunk on her maiden voyage after striking an iceberg. Recent research from the Texas State University suggested that a rare lunar event might have contributed to the tragedy. Physics faculty members Donald ...

ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)

Android Hits 'Play,' Apple May Be Offering to Settle
Sci-Tech Today
By Barry Levine The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple may be ready to settle its proxy war with Google over Android. For months, Apple has been embroiled in a multi-front, worldwide patent conflict with Samsung and Motorola, among others, ...

Sci-Tech Today

Windows 8: 8 Benefits For Business
InformationWeek
Microsoft pitches more detail on Windows 8's security and manageability improvements for enterprise IT and SMBs, a week after releasing the consumer preview version. By Paul McDougall InformationWeek A week after releasing the Windows 8 Consumer ...

GM to Halt Output of Slow-Selling Volt for Five Weeks Rather Than Discount
Bloomberg
General Motors Co. (GM), missing sales goals for the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid, plans to halt production of the sedan for five weeks beginning later this month rather than discount the high-technology cars. GM will stop making Volts at its ...

Tech Wars: The new battlegrounds
Hindustan Times
If you thought Pepsi - Coca Cola's counter advertisements were the summit of in-your-face competition, welcome to the tech industry - a no-holds-barred space where battles are fought daily on acquisition tables, corporate blogs, parody videos, ...
 
Hindustan Times

Gates Beats Ellison in Tech Billionaires Ranking
BusinessWeek (blog)
(MSFT), the world's largest software company, is technology's richest man. The chairman of Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft, was worth $61.3 billion as of the close of US trading yesterday, down $805.4 million for the day, according to a daily ...

Science & Tech: Nasa probes begin mapping surface of the moon
Scottish Daily Record
"Literally and figuratively, I'm over the moon," mission chief scientist Maria Zuber at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said in an email. Despite astronaut landings and robotic missions aimed at the moon, scientists still do not know ...

iPad HD “Feel Screen” Senseg tech tipped
SlashGear
A super-tactile touchscreen capable of delivering virtual textures, bumps and more to your fingertips has been tipped for the iPad 3/iPad HD, with haptics specialist Senseg dropping heavy hints that its innovative tech is featured in the third-gen iOS ...

SlashGear

Are Small, Tech-Savvy Firms Top US Job Creators?
Wall Street Journal
By EMILY MALTBY Small businesses that heavily use technology, from back-end software to social-media websites, are highly successful job creators, according to a research report released Wednesday from the Technology CEO Council.

Wall Street Journal

Top Ten Richest People In Tech
By Matt Rosoff
Bloomberg has started ranking the richest people in the tech industry, and it's going to adjust the rankings daily based on the movement of stock prices and other assets. Not surprisingly, Bill Gates is still number 1 by a large margin, with more ...
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